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Purdue sophomore point guard Lewis Jackson will miss the team’s first three games, including both exhibitions, after being suspended by coach Matt Painter and the NCAA.
Painter suspended Jackson for both exhibition games for “violating team policy,” likely stemming from a guilty plea to charges of illegal alcohol consumption and possession of drug paraphernalia in April. Jackson was told to complete community service and spend a year under court supervision.
The NCAA tacked on a one-game suspension for the season opener because it said Jackson played in an NCAA-sanctioned event this summer without “prior approval from his head coach and compliance director.”
He’ll sit out the season opener against Cal State Northridge on Nov. 13.
“Lewis has taken responsibility for his actions and understands the consequences associated with them,” Painter said in a statement. “He has committed to putting these issues behind him and his focus is on meeting the standard to which we hold members of our program.”
Jackson will return for the Nov. 20 game against South Dakota State.
The sale of the Chicago Cubs moved closer as a bankruptcy court judge said the team can go to the family of billionaire Joe Ricketts in a $845 million deal. … The 13 division series games on TBS averaged a 3.1 rating, up 11 percent from last year. … Indians general manager Mark Shapiro and assistant Chris Antonetti began interviewing their candidates by phone but are keeping their search for Eric Wedge’s successor confidential.
Purdue men’s coach Matt Painter will be the featured speaker today at the second annual South Side Basketball Clinic. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. with drinks and pizza available for $1 each, and Painter will speak an hour later in the gym. The cost is $25 a person.
Carroll’s Shane Merryman has committed to play at Saint Francis. The 6-foot-5 senior was the sixth man on a 17-4 NHC-champion Chargers team and chose the Cougars over Bethel and Huntington.
The Indiana Fever will remain in Indianapolis for the 2010 season, despite speculation that ownership would not keep the team. The Fever lost to the Phoenix Mercury last week in the WNBA Finals, which ESPN said averaged 548,000 viewers, up 73 percent from 316,000 in 2008.
The Los Angeles Clippers exercised their third-year contract option on guard Eric Gordon, a former standout for IU, and the fourth-year option on forward Al Thornton. … Cleveland guard Delonte West returned to practice after missing one week to attend to personal issues.
Ohio State center Dallas Lauderdale will miss four to six weeks after he broke a bone in his right hand during a workout Monday. … Louisville senior guard Jerry Smith and sophomore forward Terrence Jennings were arrested early Sunday and charged with resisting arrest when off-duty police tried to break up a fight at an alumni homecoming party in Jeffersonville.
Norwell coach Jeff Miller was named the Indianapolis Colts Coach of the Week after the Knights beat Homestead 21-7 last Friday. The Knights improved to 7-1 and are tied for the NHC lead with the Spartans at 5-1.
Southern California tailback Stafon Johnson could leave the hospital today, just more than two weeks after his neck was crushed in a weightlifting accident. … Iowa wide receiver/kick returner Paul Chaney Jr. will miss the rest of the season after injuring an anterior cruciate ligament in his knee. … Cotton Bowl Stadium has found a replacement for the namesake game that is moving to the new Cowboys Stadium. The Dallas Football Classic will debut on New Year’s Day after the 2010 season with teams from the Big Ten and Conference USA.
The first night of the high school hockey season will be today at McMillen Ice Arena. Northrop will play New Haven at 7:20 p.m., and the Bruins will raise their state championship banner in a pregame ceremony. Also on the schedule are Snider playing North Side at 6:30 p.m. and Carroll taking on Homestead at 8:30 p.m.
U.S. national team forward Charlie Davies was in serious condition at Washington Hospital Center Medstar after a one-vehicle accident in which another passenger Ashley J. Roberta was killed. U.S. Soccer Federation spokesman Neil Buethe earlier said that Davies’ injuries were not life-threatening. U.S. Park Police Sgt. David Schlosser said the accident took place at about 3:15 a.m. Tuesday in Virginia. Schlosser said Ashley J. Roberta, 22, of Phoenix, Md., died in the crash and that she and Davies were passengers. He didn’t identify the driver.
